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Bacardí Goes All-In on 100% Biodegradable Spirits Bottle

The new 100% biodegradable bottle isn't just a prototype or regional rollout. It will replace 80 million plastic bottles–3,000 tons of plastic–currently produced by Bacardi across its portfolio of brands every year.

Burger King and Tim Hortons to Pilot Reusable Containers Through Loop

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Ardagh Group Wins Sustainability Award

UPM Raflatac Sustainability Manager Tyler Matusevich accepts the Innovation in Responsible Sourcing Award from the Sustainable Packaging Coalition.

UPM Raflatac Wins Innovation in Sourcing Award from Sustainable Packaging Coalition

Plant-Based, Reusable Water Bottle is Geared Toward Tourists

With the addition of a patented texture, Graham's REFPET bottles maintain their shelf appeal for up to 25 reuse cycles.

Graham Packaging Wins SPC Innovator Award

Graham Packaging received the Sustainable Packaging Coalition’s (SPC) Innovator Award for Innovation in Recovery for its REFPET returnable, refillable PET containers.

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Meyers Commits to Carbon-free Electricity by End of 2021

Meyers announces it has committed to obtaining all its electricity from carbon-free sources by the end of 2021. By committing to use only carbon-free energy sources for electricity, Meyers is dramatically reducing its carbon emissions.

Baby Food Brand Grows Up

Babyblends maker Little Spoon has expanded its product offerings to include supplements/vitamins and a line of plated meals for the younger set in just a few short years, while also selling solely direct-to-consumer.

Recycled Content Mandates: Pros and Cons

While recycled content mandates could drive significant change, policies enacted to create system efficiencies must consider impacts and opportunities across the entire system

New sustainable packaging initiative from Clover Sonoma.

New Sustainable Milk Carton

Clover Sonoma, a third-generation family-owned and operated dairy based in Petaluma, Calif., is transitioning its half-gallon organic milk to a fully renewable plant-based paperboard milk carton.

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Q&A: Non-Profit Launches Sustainable Procurement Guide in Healthcare

11 Questions on how a non-profit organization is guiding healthcare purchasing decisions and what manufacturers need to know.

Considering Packaging Robotics? Read This First

Considering Packaging Robotics? Read This First

Packaging World’s Packaging Robotics Playbook provides a non-biased look at robotics trends, factors when weighing options across your line and get-it-right tips for your team. Download the 49-page report today!

Placon Focuses on Sustainability with Solar Energy Partnership

Placon is collaborating with MG&E to purchase locally generated, carbon free solar energy from the O’Brien Solar Fields.

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Reusable and refillable packaging innovations 2020

ThePackHub U.K. offers a compendium of sustainable packaging ideas for the growing reusable and refillable market.

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Nestlé Waters' Poland Spring Joins with UMaine on Bio-Based Materials

This collaboration between academia and a major brand supports the development of technologies to identify and assess viable alternative materials that will reduce the environmental impact of packaging.

Walmart Goes ‘Beyond Sustainability,’ Vowing to Become a Regenerative Company

World’s largest retailer targets zero emissions by 2040 and aims to protect, manage, or restore at least 50 million acres of land and 1 million square miles of ocean by 2030.

US Foods Releases Social Responsibility Report

The report reveals progress in protecting the environment and providing responsibly sourced and sustainable products.

Members of the summit went scuba diving within the gyre to see first-hand the plastics entangled in the sargassum.

Multi-Stakeholder Collaboration is Key to Solving Ocean Plastics Crisis

Up and down the plastics supply chain, stakeholders are joining together to address the ocean plastics pollution crisis. For environmental impact organization SoulBuffalo, collaboration involves immersive experiences that ignite new ideas.

The ZenWTR bottle was in development for more than three years, due to the complexity of its operations.

First 100% Certified Ocean-Bound Plastic Beverage Bottle Launched

Three years in development, the bottle for New ZenWTR vapor-distilled, high-alkaline water also uses a recycle-friendly label and adhesives, as well.

Conagra Continues Progress in Meeting Sustainability Goals

Conagra is expanding the use of bowls made from plant-based fibers through collaborative partnerships, significantly reducing the company’s carbon footprint.

Anheuser-Busch InBev, one of the largest brewers in the world, will use KeelClip in its U.K. market this spring for some of its brands, including Bud Light. Photo courtesy of Graphic Packaging International.

An Eco-Friendly Alternative to Six-Pack Plastic Rings

KeelClip’s paperboard technology delivers sustainability, branding, and functionality benefits that may convince brands to ditch single-use plastic can carriers for good.

In the U.S. and Canada, the three Windex formulas in the Social Plastic bottle are sold in a number of retailers, such as Target and Walmart, as well as on Amazon.

SC Johnson, Plastic Bank Focus on Collection, Fighting Poverty

SC Johnson launches ocean plastic bottles for Mr Muscle and Windex brands using ocean plastics collected by Plastic Bank through a three-year partnership.

TGFT has installed a river plastic capture trap in the waterway of Khodpor public park in Rayong, Thailand.

PepsiCo, TerraCycle Tackle Plastic Waste in Thailand

PepsiCo provides $450,000 in seed money to the TerraCycle Global Foundation, which is committed to reducing the volume of marine debris and plastic waste found in the world’s waterways.

Label-less Bottle a Cinch to Recycle

Alkaline-purified water from premium vodka producer Toast uses a screen-printed bottle to convey elegance, and more importantly, to enable easy recycling.

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Reusable Packaging for Food and Beverage: 6 Innovation Trends to Watch

Reusable packaging has long been integral to the food and beverage sector – and will continue to be as the latter industry makes its way to a digitized, automated, and more sustainable future.

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PepsiCo Partners to Prevent Ocean Plastics in Thailand

Burgess Davis, VP, Global Sustainable Plastics at PepsiCo, shares how The PepsiCo Foundation has joined TerraCycle to dramatically reduce the volume of marine debris and plastic waste found in the world’s waterways.

The new line from Seventh Generation includes powders as well as tablets.

Plastic-free Packaging for Homecare Line

Kelly Murosky, Senior Packaging Engineer at Seventh Generation, the Burlington, Vt.-based firm that sells eco-friendly cleaning, paper, and personal care products, talks about the packaging for the new Zero Plastic Homecare line.